Fishing Industry Safety, Health, and Wellness Improvement Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3225 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3225

To amend the Fishing Safety Training Grants and Fishing Safety Research 
                            Grant programs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 19, 2025

   Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. Collins, Mr. King, Mr. 
 Merkley, Ms. Murkowski, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Wicker) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Fishing Safety Training Grants and Fishing Safety Research 
                            Grant programs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fishing Industry Safety, Health, and 
Wellness Improvement Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FISHING SAFETY TRAINING AND RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAMS.

    Section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (i)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
                        ``and'' after the semicolon;
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                        subparagraph (C); and
                            (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
                        the following:
                    ``(B) to conduct safety and prevention training 
                that addresses behavioral and physical health risks, 
                that include substance use disorder and worker fatigue, 
                facing fishing vessel operators and crewmembers; and'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``, in consultation with 
                        and based on criteria established by the 
                        Commandant of the Coast Guard''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``subsection on a 
                        competitive basis.'' and inserting 
                        ``subsection--
                    ``(A) on a competitive basis; and
                    ``(B) based on criteria developed in consultation 
                with the Commandant of the Coast Guard.''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ``$3,000,000 for 
                fiscal year 2023'' and inserting ``to the Secretary of 
                Health and Human Services $6,000,000 for each of fiscal 
                years 2025 through 2029''; and
            (2) in subsection (j)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, and on 
                understanding and mitigating behavioral and physical 
                health risks, that include substance use disorder and 
                worker fatigue, facing members of the commercial 
                fishing industry'' after ``weather detection'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``, in consultation with 
                        and based on criteria established by the 
                        Commandant of the Coast Guard,''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``subsection on a 
                        competitive basis.'' and inserting the 
                        following: ``subsection--
                    ``(A) on a competitive basis; and
                    ``(B) based on criteria developed in consultation 
                with the Commandant of the Coast Guard.''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ``$3,000,000 for 
                fiscal year 2023'' and inserting ``to the Secretary of 
                Health and Human Services $6,000,000 for each of fiscal 
                years 2025 through 2029''.
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